Major League Baseball
Texas Rangers
1
Oakland Athletics
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| OAK | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Yoenis Cespedes and Brandon Moss hit consecutive home runs in the third inning, A.J. Griffin matched his season high with eight strikeouts and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Monday night.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
D Norris doubled to deep center, D Barton scored.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
B Moss homered to center (449 feet).
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Y Cespedes homered to center (408 feet).
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: in play
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
J Jaso singled to center, D Norris scored, E Sogard to third.
E Sogard singled to center, D Barton scored, D Norris to second.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
M Moreland homered to right (410 feet).
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Middle of the 9th
A Beltre grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
A Beltre batting
L Berkman grounded out to pitcher.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: ball 2
E Andrus stole second.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
L Berkman batting
E Andrus singled to left.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
E Andrus batting
I Kinsler popped out to third.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
I Kinsler batting
R Cook relieved S Doolittle.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
D Norris struck out looking.
Pitch 7: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: ball 2
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Showing the last 40 of 538 events.
TEX wins series 2-1
John JasoDH28
Seth SmithLF12
Jed LowrieSS8
Yoenis CespedesCF52
Brandon MossCF37
Josh Donaldson3B3
Daric Barton1B37
Derek NorrisC33
Eric Sogard2B4
Michael TaylorRF51
Ian Kinsler2B3
Elvis AndrusSS18
Lance BerkmanDH27
Adrian Beltre3B29
Nelson CruzRF32
Mitch Moreland1B18
Geovany SotoC18
David MurphyLF18
Leonys MartinCF17
Jeff G BakerLF10
Craig GentryCF71
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